#38545F#38545F

#38545F is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.038 H 224.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38545F
RGB	rgb(56, 84, 95)
HSL	hsl(197, 26%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(197, 41%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.00, -7.27, -9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.00, 12.13, 233.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% -0.0272 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.038 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8661, 8.0072, 12.0080)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38545F #5F4338

analogous

#385F57 #38545F #38415F

triadic

#38545F #5F3854 #545F38

tetradic

#38545F #57385F #5F4338 #415F38

square

#38545F #57385F #5F4338 #415F38

split-complementary

#38545F #5F3841 #5F5738

monochromatic

#0B1113 #213238 #38545F #4F7686 #6A96A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#38545F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#38545F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38545F

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38545F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38545F	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#295757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38545f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 84, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.038 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70848c',
    500: '#38545f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38545f;
$custom-light: #70848c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38545f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 25.828,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42814,
    "c": 0.03807,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38545F

secondary

#8F7063

accent

#8066C2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#ECEFF0

border

#C7CACB

text

#080A0C

muted

#7B7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38545F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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